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Louisiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 638: ENERGY/SOLAR: Establishes agricultural conversion fees for large-scale solar development (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD RV)

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 638 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana House on April 16, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: ENERGY/SOLAR: Establishes agricultural conversion fees for large-scale solar development (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD RV). Primary sponsor: Kim Coates (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 13, 2025): Called from the calendar.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Kim CoatesPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse73

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Called from the calendar.
  2. Read by title, returned to the calendar.
  3. Read by title, returned to the calendar.
  4. Notice given.
  5. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2025.
  6. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2025.
  7. Discharged from the Committee on Appropriations.
  8. Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
  9. Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
  10. Reported favorably (9-0).
  11. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
  12. Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source